Osaka & Kyoto, Japan Thread 3

[yayang]

pacheck po iti namin.... pagbaliktarin lang sun & weds...

DAY 1 - May 13 (Saturday)      
7:55 PM   Arrival          
   Hotel Check in         
   Dinner         

DAY 2 - May 14 (Sunday)            
7:00 AM   Breakfast         
9:00 - 9:30 AM   Osaka Castle & Garden   11:00 AM - 1:00 PM   Shin Umeda City/ Umeda Sky   
1:00 PM ~   Don Quijote/Dotonbori         

DAY 3 - May 15 (Monday)            
8:30 AM - 8:00 PM   UNIVERSAL   T

DAY 4 May 16 (Tuesday)            
9am-915am   Shinsekai /  Tsutenkaku Tower   T
330pm-4pm   Shitennoji Temple   
1pm-130pm   Sumiyoshi   
3pm-330pm   Dotonburi/Namba   

DAY 5 - May 17 (Wednesday)            
7-720am   Breakfast   LAWSON      
720am-817am   "Kyoto Station
BUY KYOTO PASS"   
9am-10am   Arashiyama Bamboo Grove   
11am-1145am   "Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine
LUNCH"
1245-150pm   Kinkaku-ju Temple   
250pm-340pm   Pontocho Alley   
415pm-430pm   Yasaka Shrine         
530pm-550pm   Kiyomizu-dera Temple   
7pm-830pm   Back to hotel

DAY 6 - May 18 (Thursday)            
9-10am   Breakfast      
4pm late checkout/ outlet store near airport
6pm checkin   

[rocky]

^masyadong jampack yong DAY 5, magkakalayo yan. yang fushimi inari malaki yan & madaming tao kaya need nyo ring mag-stay ng matagal para makapagpa-picture ng maayos sa torii gates

[minnie99]

^^agree with sis rocky. If I'm not mistaken, ang magkakalapit lang diyan ay Yasaka and Pontocho (di ba Higashiyama / Gion area ito?). Arashiyama, we took 2 buses to get there from Central Kyoto (tapos 1 bus pabalik pero traffic, as in natulog pa kami sa bus. Hahaha)

What are your non-negotiables from those places? You can also move Day 4 to Day 6 siguro and have 2 days for Kyoto... (or 1 day for Kyoto and another for Nara)

[anniegurl]

In our case we spent the whole day sa nara. Mga after lunch na kasi kami dumating. We enjoyed walking around and eating sa food stalls dun sa park.

[shygirlme]

^kami din 1pm na dumating sa Nara umalis kami mga 6pm na. malaki pala yung Nara Park kala namin maliit lang tatawid ka pa pala sa kabila.

[princess lorraine]

HI! Will be in osaka on may 28. We'll be going to usj on may 29. Ok ba yung harry potter 4D ride and spiderman ride? Hindi ba scary? Parang rollercoaster ba?
If we're going to dotonburi and shinsaibashi at night ok ba after usj?  From namba station, which exit is nearest to dotonburi? Thanks 

[shygirlme]

^Hi sis hindi naman nakakatakot at mala roller coaster. If nakasakay ka na sa Transformers 4D sa USS same lang sila. Ok naman mag donton at shinsaibashi sa night. di ki na tanda ano exit for donton.

[ataypool]

^^ sa Namba Walk, may information counter doon, tanong mo lang saan exit. Sorry nakalimutan ko na ano sinabi sa amin na Exit number but it was a long walk. Paglabas namin sa Exit nagtanong na lang kami sa isang local saan ang Dotonbori, kakalito rin kasi sobra dami tao.

[princess lorraine]

Thanks so much sis ataypool and sis shygirlme. Havent tried transformers in uss kasi super long line wheh we went there. So not sure kung kaya ko yung spiderman and harry potter 4D in usj. Hehe 

[minnie99]

My brother did not enjoy yung 4D ng Harry Potter! Hehe. Mahihiluhin kasi siya. But I loved it! Very exciting ride, pero hindi nga siya parang rollercoaster na mabilis. Wag ka lang siguro kakain nang madami before. hehe.

For Spiderman, okay siya. I like the USS (Transformers) version better, but if you haven't tried it, okay na rin.

I think we went to Namba right after USJ, keri naman.

[princess lorraine]

^thank you sis! Plan kasi namin 9am to 4pm usj then derecho na sa shinsaibashi and dotonburi. Magkalapit lang na yung shinsai and doton? As in konting lakad lang? Has anyone tried booking usj tickets and express pass through klook? Ok ba?  Thanks 

[shygirlme]

^isang direcho lang yun dotonbori at shinsaibashi sis. Hindi ako nag klook eh, bumili ako ticket sa Family mart tapos express pass sa USJ. May masarap kami nakainan sa labas ng USJ malapit sa Gap outlet. Yung revolving sushi. Sarap na mura pa!

[anniegurl]

Theres a revolving sushi in Namba super sarap everything is ?100 lang

[ataypool]

Speaking of food, 7-11 pa lang buhay ka na which is everywhere in Osaka and Kobe, parang mas madami pa siya than Lawsons and Family Mart. The chicken karaage is the best I've had (para siyang Hot-Star style na tapioca flour ang gamit but much much better and less spicy), their machine-dispensed coffee is heaps better than most barista-made, and the pastries/mini-cakes on the counter locked in the fridge, masarap din maski may kamahalan when converted to pesos kasi 2 to 3 bites lang. Kung gusto ubusin ang coins na nakakaiirita pag malapit ka na umalis, instead of loading the IC cards with them, just go to 7-11.

[shygirlme]

^I AGREE! minsan good for 2 na yun food nila. Ginagawa namin sa gabi bumibili kami pang breakfast since microwave lang naman sya. 2 na kami nakakakain sa isang order. ang sarap!

[princess lorraine]

Sis shygirlme, you mean yung isang helera shinsaibashi and dotonburi na yun? Thanks 

[anniegurl]

Dotounbori and shinsaibashi prang magka dugtong sila. Shinsaibashi is a long stretch of shopping stores. Try also american village they have pablo cafe there

[princess lorraine]

^thank you sis 

[minnie99]

Super agree sa 7 Eleven (and other "konbinis"). And may I add, para siyang SM. Lol! May tights, powerbanks, lightning cables, etc! Haha. Gusto ko 'yung mga pantali ng buhok sa konbini nila. Sobrang babaw lang, hehe.

For small eaters (like me) enough na ang one rice ball per meal. Hehe. Tipid pa. Of course don't forget to spend on food din. Try Ichiran if you like Ramen.

[princess lorraine]

Can we use suica card in osaka? Or should we buy icoca card? Thanks.